Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

         Parents and teachers are always making (36) ________ between the time when they were children and the present generation . They say everything was better than it is today, especially in education. (37) ________ , they say they used to work much harder in school, and that nowadays, we aren’t very interested. I disagree, because we spend hours every day doing homework after our lessons or (38) ________ for exammination. I wonder (39) ________ our parents really had to study so much after school every day. In my opinion, it is no exaggeration to say we have forgotten how to play. I think one reason why kids (40) ________ in class is because they need to get rid of stress.

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It _________ that many people are homeless after the floods.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Sandara has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old.

Different conservation efforts _________ in order to save endangered species.

Mark the letter A,B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

I had to clear the spare room before I could start decorating.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from that of the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions:

Mark the letter A,B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

He didn’t pay attention to what I said.

Peter: “Do you like going to the cinema this evening, Susan?”
Susan: “_______.”